What does an Information Age education system look like and how do we get there? In this salon, Dominic Duffin will lead a conversation about the reinvention of education for the Information Age, through tech culture perspectives from venture capital to Bitcoin. Dominic sees a dichotomy between the use of technology to digitize processes and…
Join Arkadiusz Synowczyk, a philosophy student specializing in epistemology (the theory of knowledge) and philosophy of science, for a salon on Karl Popper's philosophy of science. Karl Popper is regarded by many as one of the greatest philosophers of science of the twentieth century. Many scientists cited him as a source of influence or even…
This meetup is to celebrate the launch of Interintellect member Salman Ansari's book, Wandering Spirits. A whimsical adventure awaits! Come meet fellow community members, hear from the author, and chat…
In his debut Salon, Michael Spicher will explore the ideas of love, knowledge, and especially beauty in Plato's Symposium. Plato’s Symposium is widely regarded as a wonderful work of literature…
Join American novelists A. Natasha Joukovsky (The Portrait of a Mirror) and Tara Isabella Burton (Here in Avalon; Social Creature) for a salon on the nature of novelistic responsibility, the prevailing ethos of historico-political utility in contemporary fiction and its discontents, and the literary pursuit of beauty and truth. In her 2022 essay for Lit Hub “Anxiety and Irresponsibility: What…
New to the Interintellect community or want to hang out with new and other members? Join Interintellect editor and host, Timothy Wilcox, for a casual hangout. Feel free to bring some… Continue reading Community Casual Hangout
Harvard Business School professor and a16z research partner Scott Kominers and web3 entrepreneur Steve Kaczynski join hosts Alaka Halder and Wes Chow for a SuperSalon on how NFTs will become pivotal to our lives, transforming online and offline interactions. Many people consider non-fungible tokens (NFTs) a bygone fad of the early 2020s, associated with the…
What do new pharmacological and technological developments mean for women's liberation? Join Genomics PhD student Ruxandra Teslo to discuss the value of progress from a feminist perspective. Contemporary feminism often…
"Get in loser, we're going to talk about Millennials!" Join culture critic and novelist Kat Rosenfield and Interintellect founder Anna Gát for a discussion about millennial women. Did Millennials kill culture? What does "premium mediocre" mean? Why are Millennials obsessed with pink? Join this discussion about the most reviled and perhaps misunderstood generation that gave…
Join Phil Filippak for his series on critical rationalism and major ideas from David Deutsch’s book The Beginning of Infinity. Newcomers welcome! What makes us creative? How do we boost our creativity? And why the so-called AI models haven’t succeeded in building good “maps of the territory”? While we certainly cannot answer these questions (otherwise…
Join game master Lukas Rosenstock for an evening of virtual boardgames with fellow community members. Let's bring, show and try our favorite digital boardgame adaptions and online casual games together…
Join Topi Heikkerö to explore how to think more independently. In this salon, we get together to take the next step in liberating our own thinking. We’ll read Schopenhauer’s short essay on the subject, the host will share his strategies, in conversation participants can share their breakthroughs and insights on how to think for oneself.…
